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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!shellx.best.com!not-for-mail From: rcarter@shellx.best.com (Russell Carter) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 100BaseT ? (was: Ethernet Card Recommendations? ) Date: 9 Dec 1995 21:13:18 -0800 Organization: Best Internet Communications Lines: 42 Message-ID: <4adq9e$smb@shellx.best.com> References: <492rq6$r6g@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4a6k4m$852@agate.berkeley.edu> <DJ87Jp.A4q@ritz.mordor.com> <4a8gpm$eun@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com In article <4a8gpm$eun@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, <dan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu> wrote: >In <DJ87Jp.A4q@ritz.mordor.com>, ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) writes: >)Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote: >): In article <4a5q5d$4ha@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, >): <dan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu> wrote: >): > In particular, the Intel Pro 100B, just top rated by PC Mag, is now >): >on promotional by Intel for $49 each. It would be great if Freebsd could work >): >with it... >) >): Support for this card is now in FreeBSD-current. >) >)Cool! Any insights on the performance of this card as compared to >)the SMC card? Does anyone have information on how to get the >)Intel cards at the promotional price? > > If you trust PCmag, the Intel Pro 100 supposedly does better than the >SMC in both "client" and "server" roles. The added concern in the "server" >role was the % CPU utilization. SMC is a pretty good card and did well. But >the Intel did better. And the price of the Intel is somewhat cheaper >and now with the $49 promo, it seems like the way to go. You call Intel at >800-538-3373 ext 453, ask for the promo, answer a bunch of question that make >you sound like 1) you are an important person in a company that has a lot of >networked PC's, 2) you might, if suitably impressed, buy a bunch of Intel cards >someday in the future. There is a limit to two Pro-100's at $49/each. And >delivery may be slow (4weeks?). > BTW in the same PCmag review, the 3COM board, although had the highest >throughput (slightly higher than the Intel), had a terrible %CPU utilization >(at times greater than 90%!, the highest for the Intel was 36%). > Ahem. Cough. THE DRIVER for each OS is the *main* thing that matters. Netperf runs fine. Outdated numbers for the poor old DC21140 cards are sitting at http://www.geli.com/data/net.perf.html Performance to/from pipelined burst SRAM systems is quite a bit better. Summary: Intel hardware better be pretty good! Cheers, Russell